New scam alert (August 26, 2022)

Beware of emails claiming to be from Christopher Oechsli purporting to offer money to the recipient. The following is an example of such an email:

Good day, my name is Christopher Oechsli, the president of Atlantic Philanthropies, I am writing to inform you that you have been chosen among other beneficiaries to receive the sum of $3,000,000.00USD each from Ms. MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist give away. Contact donor via email for details and claims. mackenziescott60@gmail.com .

This is a scam, Disregard it and do not respond.

 

Scam alert (April 14, 2022)

Beware of emails claiming to be from Chuck Feeney offering money. The following is an example of such an email:

*GOOD NEWSMy name is Charles Feeney, a philanthropist and the founder of
TheAtlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in
theworld. I believe strongly in ‘giving while living.’ I had
one idea thatnever changed in my mind that you should use your wealth to
help peopleand I have decided to secretly give 12.9 Million United States
Dollarsto randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this
email,you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email
addresswas chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me
atyour earliest convenience, so I know your email address is
valid.Regards.Mr. Charles Feeney*

This is a scam. Disregard it. Do not click on the link or respond.

 

Scam alert (April 1, 2021)

Beware of emails that claim that Christopher Oechsli wishes to share a file with you. The emails request that you use the last four digits of your Social Security Number to access the file. While the text of the emails may vary, here is an example of one such email:

Hi  – Please review and sign the E.file authorization form alone side with proposal file. Let’s plan and discuss a way forward after you have gone through. The password to open the file is the last  digits of your SSN. Should you have any questions, please, don’t hesitate to contact me.
 Kind regards, Or we’ll just keep bugging you.😎

This is a scam. Disregard it. No one from the Atlantic Philanthropies would ask you for personal information such as your Social Security Number. Do not share personal or credit card information.

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Beware of fraudulent online articles claiming Chuck Feeney has endorsed Bitcoin Wealth and a cryptocurrency auto-trading program called Profit Revolution on CNN and Irish AM. This is not true and is a phishing scam. Disregard it. Do not share your credit card or personal information.

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A phishing scam is currently circulating on the internet claiming to come from an Atlantic representative or Chuck Feeney and requesting that recipients provide personal information in order to receive funding.

These messages are NOT official communications from The Atlantic Philanthropies and should be disregarded. Do not send money or provide any personal or bank account information.  

Atlantic made its final grant commitments in December 2016 and has no more money to award. Even when we were actively making grants, Chuck Feeney, the foundation and its representatives would never randomly offer people money, nor would we ever ask people to send us money.

If you have received one of these scams communications, you may report it to the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov) or the FBI (www.ic3.gov/complaint).

While versions of the email and social media messages (including Facebook messenger) vary, here are some of the fraudulent messages:

Hi,

My name is Chuck Feeney, I am a philanthropist and the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in the world. I believe strongly in “giving while living”. My philosophy about life is that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to secretly give $12,500,000.00 USD to randomly selected individuals around the Globe. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself one of the lucky recipients.

Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid and furnish you with more information.

Visit the web page to know more about me: https://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/chuck-feeneys-story

Regards,

Sir. Chuck Feeney

OR

My name is Christopher G. Oechsli, a philanthropist and the founder of The Christopher G. Oechsli Foundation (CGOFF), one of the largest private foundations in the world. I believe strongly in giving while living. I had one idea that never changed in my mind  that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to give USD $1,000.000.00 (One Million United State Dollars) to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid.

Email: christopheroechsli@barid.com
Website: http://atlanticphilanthropies.org/bio/christopher-oechsli
Or you can Google me (Christopher G. Oechsli)

OR  

My name is Christopher G. Oechsli, a philanthropist and the founder of The Christopher G. Oechsli Foundation (CGOFF), one of the largest private foundations in the world. I believe strongly in giving while living. I had one idea that never changed in my mind  that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to give USD $1,000.000.00 (One Million United State Dollars) to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid.

Email: christopheroechsli@gmail.com
Website: http://atlanticphilanthropies.org/bio/christopher-oechsli

Or you can Google me (Christopher G. Oechsli)
Warm Regards, Christopher G. Oechsli christopheroechsli@gmail.com

OR  

My name is Chuck Feeney, I am a philanthropist and the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in the world. I believe strongly in “giving while living”. My philosophy about life is that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to secretly give Ј1,950,000.00 Pounds to randomly selected individuals around the Globe. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself one of the lucky recipients.

Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid and furnish you with more information.

Visit the web page to know more about me: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373420/Philanthropist-Chuck-Feeney-inspired-Bill-Gates-Warren-Buffet-wants-money-spent-good-causes-hes-dead.html

Regards,

Sir. Chuck Feeney

OR 

I am the legal adviser to the founder of Atlantic Philanthropies (Mr.Chuck Feeney). As a Philanthropist, he has secretly given out donations from 1984 till date. Is this message sent to a valid email account? Your email account was randomly selected to receive a cash donation from the Philanthropist. If this is a valid email account, then click reply to contact Mr.Chuck Feeney directly for comprehensive information.

Thank you.

OR

My name is Charles Francis Feeney, a philanthropist and the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in the world. I believe strongly in ‘giving while living.’ I had one idea that never changed in my mind — that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to secretly give $1.924 Million to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid.

Visit the web page to know more about me: http://www.milliondollarlist.org/stories/charles-feeney

Regards,

Charles F. Feeney

OR

Dear Friend,

Thank you for confirming the validity of your email address and also accepting this grant. My foundation ( Atlantic Philanthropies ) technically is responsible for awarding grant/donation but the strategy of the cheif executive and the board at my foundation is evloving to a point where I fear my foundation might loose the sight of my vision and will jeaopardise my ability to make large gifts and that is why I have decided to give [$1,924,108.00 USD] to you secretly without my foundation being aware. It gives me great joy finally being able to make a personal donation you, let’s make the world a better place by giving and solving each others problem, all people have the right to opportunity, equity and dignity.

To facilitate the disbursement process of the funds valued at One Million Nine Hundred and Twenty Four Thousand One Hundred and Eight United States Dollars[ $1,924,108.00 USD] which have been donated solely to you, please send me the below information before proceeding with remitting the sum of One Million Nine Hundred and Twenty Four Thousand One Hundred and Eight United States Dollars [ $1,924,108.00 USD ] to you. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously. I ask you to do what you can to alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can and see the joy and happiness of giving.

Do make sure you provide me with your complete information below so I forward it to my selected payout bank for disbursement.

Full Name:
Country of Residence:
Mobile Number:

I am trusting you to make good use of this money.

Thank you for accepting this offer, I am indeed grateful. I anticipate your earliest response.

Regards,

Charles F. Feeney.

 OR

Compliments of the day to you from Atlantic Philanthropies,

We know this message maybe a surprise to you but do kindly accept our gift and donation as a kind gesture from our ongoing good will project 2020. Our founder and CEO, Charles Chuck Feeney has indeed been a great Philanthropist to this generation and is truly committed to “giving while living,” and his decision to end his requirement of anonymity stems from this value.

We (Atlantic Philanthropies) just recenlty organised and launched our internet donation program as this will enable us reach out to more people outside the shores of the United States and England so they too can benefit from the fortune of Mr. Feeney and our foundation as a whole. Many other major philanthropists look primarily to support large institutions and not individuals which is absolutely wrong thus we are changing such with this program.

The launch of this internet/mobile donation program came up so as to avoid unsolicited pleas for donations and to avoid the idea of people feeling indebted to him/us.

However, If you have received this message, please contact us with your
Name, Age, Gender, Address/country of residence, Occupation and Telephone
number because you are entitled to receive £250,000.00 United Kingdom
Pounds from our organization.

Regards
Anthony Lloyd
The Atlantic Philanthropies
England and Wales
004487-1237-2140
On Behalf of Charles Feeney
Founder/CEO

OR

Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation
c/o PEW Charitable Trusts
Willis Building, Lime Street
London W1S 4JR, United Kingdom

Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation Electronic Notification Service

Congratulations from from the Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation-United Kingdom, where life changing opportunities and cash are given-out on a daily basis! Our foundation/founder has indeed been a great Philanthropist to this generation and is truly committed to “giving while living,”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373420/

However, We are pleased to inform you that you are one (1) of the lucky people to benefit and receive Ј500,000.00 United Kingdom Pounds from our foundation’s ongoing goodwill project, grant/donations program.

We request you provide us with the undermentioned info so as to enable us do the needful for you to get your gift without fail:: // Name, Address/Country of residence and Telephone number.

Sincerely,

Mellisa Carter .B.
Communications Director
Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation
T: 448719744424
F: 448458520991